Published 20:58 IST, September 4th 2020
Jimi Hendrix's iconic feathery scarf worn in 1967 to go on auction on September 8
Iconic American guitarist Jimi Hendrix’s treasured electric pink feather boa also known as “Magic Boa” will be up for auction after being in personal collection
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Iconic American guitarist Jimi Hendrix’s treasured electric pink feather boa also known as “Magic Boa” will be up for auction after being in a personal collection. Jimi Hendrix had worn the feathery scarf during his legendary performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and will be auctioned for the first time on September 8 in a sale by the British house Omega Auctions.
For more than 50 years, Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Magic Boa’ was kept in a personal collection that belonged to UK-based photographer Karl Ferris. On September 1, according to reports, Ferris revealed that Hendrix used to call the scarf as ‘magic Boa’ because it had brought him “much luck”. The scarf would be put up for sale by Omega Auctions also to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hendrix’s death and is expected to fetch more than $20,000.
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Jimi Hendrix’s early 1960s guitar sold at $216,000
Last month, a guitar played by Jimi Hendrix in the early 1960s was sold at an auction for $216,000 that was nearly four times the pre-auction estimate by the GWS auction. According to the auction company, the ‘guitar God’ had begun playing the Japanese sunburst electric guitar after being discharged from the US Army in 1962.
The auction house had also stated that after leaving Fort Campbell, Hendrix had moved to Clarksville, Tennessee for a brief period of time where he "played on the Chitlin’ Circuit with the likes of Wilson Pickett, Slim Harpo, Sam Cooke, Ike and Tina Turner and Jackie Wilson before moving to Harlem, New York in early 1964 where he stayed until late 1966 playing venues such as Cafe Wha and the Cheetah Club".
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Texel Lamb sold for £367,500 in Scotland
Meanwhile, as auctions seem to grab public attention in industries other than music, a Texel lamb became the world’s most expensive sheep after it was sold for £367,500 at an auction in Scotland. Reports by Texel Sheep Society suggest that the sheep is called Double Diamond and was sold to 3 farmers at the Scottish National Texel Sale in Lanark on August 27. The bidding started at £10,500 and soon it turned into a fierce battle between different consortiums.
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20:58 IST, September 4th 2020